HERE'S THE THING

 We are in the dog days of summer--it is NO surprise that it is REALLY hot in Texas in the summer---well in the spring and fall too.  Many say better hot than cold most of the year.  It truly is all in what you get used to.  I spend a great deal of the day outside---in spurts.  I work a while and come in and have a cool drink and putter around while cooling off.  This is my daily routine--in and out-----in and out.  I can hear my mother now--"Get in or get out, but quit letting the cool air out."  Does the cool air sit right by the door waiting to make a mad dash out like your dog who wants nothing more to run loose?   Most days the hot air is so thick with humidity I do not know how the cool air could push its way out the door.  Sorry--I digress---now you know how my head works--it is a continuous wandering stream of consciousness.

SO----every morning --not long after my eyelids flutter open and it is still  nice, cool, and dark outside---I check the weather.  Hurricane Beryl made a Texas landfall recently--and with that came almost two days of moderating temperatures.  We were in the low 90's---it was heavenly!  (Relevant--all in what you get used to)  Ever since we had that "cool spell", I have been anticipating another coming this way.  Instead---we are back in the high 90's----which is normal for this time of the year.  BUT I HAVE HOPE---that if we had one cool spell pass through---there is ever possibility another will come. 

The thing about hope is it is not always logical.  If it were a certain event or circumstance or whatever was going to happen or occur there would be no need for hope.  Instead we could merely rely upon the facts.  We have hope because God has given us the gift of experiencing a positive answer to our hopes.  Think about it---we do not sit around and hope for bad things to happen----we hope for good things---perhaps the best things.  We are always given an answer to those hopes---just like we are always given an answer to our prayers.  That answer might not be what we hoped for, but at times we do experience the joy of receiving our hope.  With positive feedback---our depth of hope grows.  Our willingness to anticipate that which is not promised may be granted.

NOW---I am interested in hearing what you think or believe about hope.  It certainly is not logical--but we are all born with this spirit of hope.  "Young Sheldon" would not believe in hope, because it is not scientific.  I believe in hope, because I have experienced positive results from some of my hopes.  What say ye?  

"Not only so, 

but we also glory in our sufferings,

because we know that

suffering produces perseverance;

perseverance, character;

and character, hope."

Romans 5:3-4